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find items to enhance your visit as well as souvenirs to remember the
journey. Your purchases help support the SPTA, and as always, we thank
you!

Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike Visitor GuidebookThis 36-page booklet is perfect for the history buff traveling the
turnpike! It has detailed descriptions of public and private sites
as well as a few places off the turnpike that add to our unique
history. It also includes maps and visitor center information.

PostcardsEveryone likes postcards! Whether you mail them or collect
them, these highlight the turnpike quite nicely.

"VOICES OF THE STAUNTON-PARKERSBURG
TURNPIKE"History, Oral Tradition, Music, and More on Audio CD:

Volume 1: Switchbacks and Wagon TracksThe rugged Allegheny Mountains of western Virginia made for
interesting tales of early transportation, trade, and migration.
Witness the evolution of animal and Indian trails into the region’s
premier highway linking the Shenandoah Valley and the Ohio River.

Volume 2: Holding Rugged GroundSocial divisions, violence, and passions left deep scars among the
citizens of the newly-born state of West Virginia. Echoes of those
Civil War times resurface in the music and stories of the mountain
people.

Volume 3: We’d All Be Millionaires If We Had It Now!The aftermath of the Civil War brought tremendous change to the
Mountain State. The timber and coal boom of the late 1800s and the
subsequent downturn in the early 1900s led to extreme hardships for
many families.

Volume 4: Model T’s and Model RoadsThe accelerating pace of technology and progress was slow to reach
the mountains of West Virginia. Despite some neglect, the
Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike was still one of the best roads
directly across the central Allegheny Mountains, and it was one of
the first roads to be improved for motor vehicles.

Volume 5: The Old Stagecoach LineSmall towns were abundant along the turnpike. From early settlements
to early automobiles, decades of change left a mark on the
Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike.

Volume 6: Took Off RunningA variety of cultures could be found along the turnpike. There were
Irish and Italians, Catholic life and pike travelers from gypsies to
Jesse James, as well as a history of slavery and the Underground
Railroad.

Volume 7: Old Virginians & WildcattersStories of early Parkersburg, West Virginia statehood, timbering,
Ritchie Mines, and the oil and gas industry detail the interesting
history of the turnpike.